I just poured champagne in a glass and it went flat right away. What happened?
Bubbles are very delicate, even a lipstick print on the side of the glass can make your wine go flat. When bubbly from a fresh bottle goes flat as soon as you pour it in the glass, it usually means the glass had oil, lipstick or soap residue on it that made the bubbles go flat. I prefer washing flutes with vegetable-based dish soap, because it rinses better than heavy as regular petroleum-based dishwashing liquid. If a glass of champagne is flat at a restaurant, it may mean that the glass wasn t rinsed properly, or that the bottle had been open for a while. Don t be shy to ask the server whether the bottle was fresh.
